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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
M.NIRMAL KUMAR, J
Mageshwaran – Appellant
Versus
The State of Tamil Nadu rep.by – Respondent
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| 1. petitioner seeking stay on production of electronic evidence. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. court allowing late production of s.65-b certificate. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. appeal against production order is dismissed. (Para 5) |
ORDER
The petitioner/accused, facing trial in S.C. No. 55 of 2017, has challenged the order passed by the Trial Court in Crl.M.P. No. 9948 of 2025 dated 18.03.2026, whereby the respondent/complainant was permitted to mark WhatsApp messages exchanged between the accused and the victim in the case.
2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the case was registered in the year 2016, the charge sheet was filed in the year 2017, and the trial has substantially progressed. At the fag end of the trial, when the matter was posted for arguments, the prosecution, in order to fill up the lacunae in its case and overcome the points raised by the petitioner, filed a petition under Section 311 Cr.P.C. seeking permission to mark screenshots of WhatsApp messages along with a certificate under Section 65-B of the Indian Evidence Act. The petitioner strongly opposed the same and has therefore filed the present petition challenging the said order.
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